Bug #45488 for dhcp-public: isc-dhcpd-4.2.4-P1 - Request to enhance DHCPD to allow the user to modify the order of options in DHCP messages

Bug Report from www.isc.org: Name: Karthik KS Email: karthik.ks@nokia.com Software Version: isc-dhcpd-4.2.4-P1 OS: Linux Subject:Request to enhance DHCPD to allow the user to modify the order of options in DHCP messages Bug Detail =========== Currently dhcpd sends the DHCP messages with Options in a pre-defined manner as follows: Option 53 Option 54 Option 51 Option 1 Option 28 Option 3 Option 26 Option 43. Request enhancement in DHCPD, so that, the user can specify the order in which the options can be sent. DHCPD can take the order in which the options are written in the dhcpd.conf file, and accordingly build the DHCP message. --- This email was received through isc.org Bug Submission Form

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Hi Francis, Benefit is in testing DHCP clients and ensure their full compliance with RFCs, before they're deployed in the field. Typically, DHCP servers send the DHCP options in the same order as is sent by dhcpd. But there are servers which send DHCP options in a different order. We discovered this recently with a Cisco's DHCP server. Thanks, Karthik KS Nokia Networks Bangalore -----Original Message----- From: Francis Dupont via RT [mailto:dhcp-public@isc.org] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2017 1:49 PM To: Ks, Karthik (Nokia - IN/Bangalore) <karthik.ks@nokia.com> Subject: [ISC-Bugs #45488] isc-dhcpd-4.2.4-P1 - Request to enhance DHCPD to allow the user to modify the order of options in DHCP messages On Fri Jun 30 06:47:04 2017, karthik.ks@nokia.com wrote: > Request enhancement in DHCPD, so that, the user can specify the order > in which the options can be sent. => what is the intended benefit?

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